Young Bull Moose; High Park Fire

So cousin Aleda is still in the ICU in Salisbury - both of her lungs are full of fluid, her blood pressure is way too high, and the multiple medications are making her blood sugars too high, so she's now (also) on insulin...  Waiting for the twice daily update from her husband, Barry.  And, on top of that, the Eastern Shore is under a Code Orange air alert.
   Yesterday, in the blog, I complained about the lack of flooding precautions taken by the city of Duluth in regards to their zoo.  While I was blogging, the Colorado Department of Wildlife was having its own problems in Nederland.  A young bull moose was going down to the Dillon Reservoir on the outskirts of the town - he and some fishermen surprised each other.  The young moose ran, pretty much in panic, back towards the town, and he landed in the skate and skate board park.  Of course, the walls and sides of the park are smooth and slippery, and there is a pretty deep bowl in the center.  The young moose trapped himself.  He became very agitated.  It was decided to tranquilize him, and remove him from the skating park while he was unconscious.  He was shot with the tranquilizer dart, and became even more agitated.  When he finally went down, he was quickly wrapped in a heavy-duty tarp and hauled out of the bowl.  He was then trucked back up into the mountains for release.  He was removed from the tarp....  and he died.  As a wild animal, the shock and stress of the human encounter, and then being trapped, and then being tranquilized, was just too much.  The young bull moose essentially had a heart attack caused by fright.  What a sad end for such a magnificent creature!
   Lovey and Nedi and I have spend the past 50+ hours re-bonding.  Lovey wants to be touching me, or at least have me in her sight at all times.  Nedi keeps running in and out, but stays cuddled up next to me during the night.  I am currently getting ready to go walk the red kids, and pick up a couple of payments....
  Yesterday's high up around the High Park fire was only in the 60s, and the humidity was at about 40%.  Today it will be warmer and dryer; Friday through Tuesday, we're expecting highs in the 90s and 100s with very low humidity. Not good.  The fire has now burned 68,200 acres, or 107 square miles...  Luckily, no more homes have been lost to the hungry flames - but another 500 homes are on stand-by to evacuate. It is definitely fire season.